This handbook for Missouri parents of young children with disabilities provides information on obtaining special education services from a local school district. A step-by-step guide for transitioning into preschool is provided. The steps include: (1) referral of the child to their local school; (2) holding a transition conference; (3) arranging…

Discussed talent search programs and their objectives, such as finding disadvantaged students who, with developmental assistance and financial support, could profit from additional education and training, and then counsel these students and help them find academic admission and occupational placement. (Author/RK)

It is argued that developmental task analysis is of primary value in the psychoeducational programming of children with learning and behavioral problems. (Author)

A systematic approach to statewide evaluation of career guidance, counseling and placement. (Editor)

Of 120 educable mentally retarded (EMR) elementary and middle school students who had been dismissed from special education classes four years previously, 50 were not rereferred for further evaluation and 70 were. Among characteristics that appeared to differentiate the groups were grade level and sex. (CL)

A framework for vocational assessment that matches handicapped students, curriculum, and training environment is described. The assessment approach is described in regard to screening, educational placement, evaluation of student achievement prior to placement in the curriculum, and assessment of individual progress, and program evaluation. (SEW)

Outlines four limitations inherent in using a minimum competency test to determine eligibility for a high school diploma and, in some jurisdictions, to determine advance to the next grade. Discusses the appropriate uses of testing in an overall program.(MP)

Ways the Ontario, Canada educational system meets educational needs of immigrant students from the West Indies, South Asia (India and Pakistan), and Portugal were examined through interveiws with 245 schools and 34 school boards. Findings indicated problems in assessment, inadequate counseling, and need for systematic planning. (MC)

An administrator considers local dilemmas, such as transportation, rising costs, and unanticipated placements involved in private school placement of handicapped children. He asserts that the local special services director should assume major responsibility in resolving the problems, but that state officials should devote more attention to…

Explores the history of the "least restrictive environment" concept, particularly in relation to designing and providing educational programs for disabled youth; discusses political and economic issues, curriculum-related arguments, and societal attitudes concerning mainstreaming; and identifies factors that can promote or impede…